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Godzilla: Oblivion
A scientist has created a portal to another dimension―one where monsters rule supreme! An expedition begins into a world where hope has died and Godzilla is the unrivaled King of the Monsters. But what happens when a baby kaiju hitches a ride back to the original, monster-less dimension?
120 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 2016
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About the author
Joshua Hale Fialkov
435 books138 followersJoshua Hale Fialkov is the creator (or co-creator, depending) of graphic novels, including the Harvey Nominated Elk’s Run, the Harvey and Eisner nominated Tumor, Punks the Comic, and the Harvey Nominated Echoes.
He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as well as debuting the new Marvel character The Monkey King. This fall sees the launch of The Last of the Greats from Image Comics with artist Brent Peeples.
He also served as a writer on the Emmy Award Nominated animated film Afro Samurai: Resurrection, and as Executive Producer of the cult hit LG15: The Resistance web series.
Elk’s Run, Tumor, and Alibi are all currently in development as feature films. He has written comics for companies including Marvel, Wildstorm, IDW, Dark Horse, Image, Tor Books, Seven Seas Entertainment, Del Rey, Random House, Dabel Brothers Productions, and St. Martin’s Press. He has done video game work for THQ, Midway Entertainment, and Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink Productions. He also wrote a Sci-Fi Channel movie starring Isabella Rossellini and Judd Nelson. Unfortunately, at no point in the film does Judd Nelson punch the sky and freeze frame. Joshua grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, went to college in Boston, where he got a BFA in writing and directing for the stage and screen, and then worked in the New England film industry, until finally deciding to move to Los Angeles to do it properly. He lives with his wife, Christina, daughter, Gable, and their cats, Smokey and the Bandit.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joshfialkov
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joshuahalefia...
Photograph by Heidi Ryder Photography
He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as well as debuting the new Marvel character The Monkey King. This fall sees the launch of The Last of the Greats from Image Comics with artist Brent Peeples.
He also served as a writer on the Emmy Award Nominated animated film Afro Samurai: Resurrection, and as Executive Producer of the cult hit LG15: The Resistance web series.
Elk’s Run, Tumor, and Alibi are all currently in development as feature films. He has written comics for companies including Marvel, Wildstorm, IDW, Dark Horse, Image, Tor Books, Seven Seas Entertainment, Del Rey, Random House, Dabel Brothers Productions, and St. Martin’s Press. He has done video game work for THQ, Midway Entertainment, and Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink Productions. He also wrote a Sci-Fi Channel movie starring Isabella Rossellini and Judd Nelson. Unfortunately, at no point in the film does Judd Nelson punch the sky and freeze frame. Joshua grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, went to college in Boston, where he got a BFA in writing and directing for the stage and screen, and then worked in the New England film industry, until finally deciding to move to Los Angeles to do it properly. He lives with his wife, Christina, daughter, Gable, and their cats, Smokey and the Bandit.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joshfialkov
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joshuahalefia...
Photograph by Heidi Ryder Photography
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January 10, 2025
OK story with poor art. There was nothing to make me care for any of these characters. They just keep effing up until Kaiju come over and destroy their world. It was just OK, these are the plot points we need to hit without any drama or passion.
Received an advance copy from IDW and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Received an advance copy from IDW and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
December 14, 2024
Every once in a while I get the urge to read a comic with giant monsters/kaiju. Every once in a while I want to read a comic for pure entertainment value, that I can enjoy in the moment and then forget about it. Godzilla comics usually satisfy those urges, and this one is just a cut above when it comes to quality and story-telling.
I love Churilla’s art when he can depict giant monsters in bigger panels, where he seems to excel. When he’s drawing scenes with the scientists in discussion or peril, or facial close-ups, it’s a bit weak.
Sure that there are parallel worlds where things might be better than our current globe, a group of genius scientists construct a portal. Once they turn it on, they enter an alternate world that has suffered for decades at the claws of giant monsters. Soldiers inform then that this world is over-run by kaiju and Godzilla keeps the other monsters in check, sometimes with the help of the Mecha-Godzilla robot construct.
Realizing their mistake, the scientists scramble to avoid the monsters and make their way back to the portal, only to watch the three-headed King Ghidorah follow them through. It proceeds to destroy their world, and the scientists create a fleet of mini-sized Mecha-Godzillas to take it down.
When that doesn’t work, they return through the portal to the alternate world and lure Godzilla into following them back. They mess up, and a ton of monsters get through as well. The final solution to their problem is pretty blunt and unexpected, sacrificing the many for the few.
A fun read, and it will curb my giant monster urges well into next year.
I love Churilla’s art when he can depict giant monsters in bigger panels, where he seems to excel. When he’s drawing scenes with the scientists in discussion or peril, or facial close-ups, it’s a bit weak.
Sure that there are parallel worlds where things might be better than our current globe, a group of genius scientists construct a portal. Once they turn it on, they enter an alternate world that has suffered for decades at the claws of giant monsters. Soldiers inform then that this world is over-run by kaiju and Godzilla keeps the other monsters in check, sometimes with the help of the Mecha-Godzilla robot construct.
Realizing their mistake, the scientists scramble to avoid the monsters and make their way back to the portal, only to watch the three-headed King Ghidorah follow them through. It proceeds to destroy their world, and the scientists create a fleet of mini-sized Mecha-Godzillas to take it down.
When that doesn’t work, they return through the portal to the alternate world and lure Godzilla into following them back. They mess up, and a ton of monsters get through as well. The final solution to their problem is pretty blunt and unexpected, sacrificing the many for the few.
A fun read, and it will curb my giant monster urges well into next year.
February 19, 2025
I’ll preface this by saying I love Godzilla (as my many reviews show). I will always be entertained by a giant radioactive lizard fighting other giant monsters, crushing cities and leaving a path of destruction while perhaps protecting the earth. I like this genre.
With that being said this is a great story about time travel, giant monsters fighting, robots and the end of the world. You have to leave some of your brain at the door and just have fun. This is fun!
James stokoe covers in the back are so good- he should be legally required to draw all Godzilla comics going forward.
With that being said this is a great story about time travel, giant monsters fighting, robots and the end of the world. You have to leave some of your brain at the door and just have fun. This is fun!
James stokoe covers in the back are so good- he should be legally required to draw all Godzilla comics going forward.
November 22, 2016
'Godzilla: Oblivion' by Joshua Hale Fialkov with art by Brian Churilla is a Godzilla story of other dimensions. I've read better Godzilla stories and the art was pretty weak.
A group of brainiac scientists develop a portal. When they start it up and go through it, they discover a parallel world that has been decimated by giant monsters. Contacting a group of soldiers in the other world, they find out that Godzilla is what keeps the other monsters in check, even at the cost of a destroyed city. When one of that world's monsters makes it through the scientist's portals, things go from bad to worse.
I liked the idea of the story. It felt a bit predictable, and I even figured it was going to end the way it did. Having giant kaiju in your world is never a good thing. The art feels a bit slap-dash. It's got a hasty looking sketch style that just didn't work for me with the story and characters. I want epic art for my Godzilla stories, and this wasn't it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A group of brainiac scientists develop a portal. When they start it up and go through it, they discover a parallel world that has been decimated by giant monsters. Contacting a group of soldiers in the other world, they find out that Godzilla is what keeps the other monsters in check, even at the cost of a destroyed city. When one of that world's monsters makes it through the scientist's portals, things go from bad to worse.
I liked the idea of the story. It felt a bit predictable, and I even figured it was going to end the way it did. Having giant kaiju in your world is never a good thing. The art feels a bit slap-dash. It's got a hasty looking sketch style that just didn't work for me with the story and characters. I want epic art for my Godzilla stories, and this wasn't it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
August 27, 2016
To be honest I wasn’t sure going into this that I would enjoy it. I thought there was a good chance it would be a flop, but I was pleasantly surprised. In a nutshell the story goes like this, a portal to an alternate Earth is opened and a huge monster is accidentally let through. This so called king of the monsters begins to destroy the Eastern seaboard. In a desperate attempt to stop the complete destruction of our world the main characters return to the alternate world for technology to defeat the monster and come back with, you guessed it, Godzilla. I don’t want to give away much more than that, but there are a few more plot twists involved.
Overall, I thought the artwork was pretty good, but not amazing. The plot was fast-paced and transitioned smoothly between issues. If you’re a Godzilla fan, you will probably enjoy this comic trade. I know I did. :)
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Overall, I thought the artwork was pretty good, but not amazing. The plot was fast-paced and transitioned smoothly between issues. If you’re a Godzilla fan, you will probably enjoy this comic trade. I know I did. :)
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
December 8, 2023
Art's ugly and the story makes no bloody sense.
August 3, 2022
Dumb and bad. It should feel bad.
December 2, 2017
Being a giant monster fan, and especially a Godzilla fan, I was excited to learn about IDW comics doing these series. I stopped collecting comics years ago, but I try to pick up graphic novels and collected sets so I can read the entire story.
This is a unique tale about two Earths. Scientist are building a machine that can open a portal to the other Earth and in doing so and crossing over, draw King Ghidorah across into our world which is without monsters. Godzilla manages to appear as he does, being the bane of other monsters and the battle begins. The other monster, The Smog Monster, Anguirus and many others come through also. The scientists and the technology they employ manage to slow the monsters advance but in a last ditch effort when the monsters come through the portal into our unmolested world, out populace travels through a nanite engineered cloud through the the Earth the monsters came from. Godzilla begins to battle them yet again and then we drop the ultimate deterrent in the form of Nuclear global bombing on the Earth we evacuated.
This was a fun read and more grim than a lot of Godzilla stories. I liked the twists and the writing was very good. Again, and I seem to say this a lot, the art is ok but not good. The art here is no Olivier Coipel, or Steve McNiven, but it tells the story. Overall a good book but there are better Godzilla tales out there. James Stokoe's version is amazing!
Danny
This is a unique tale about two Earths. Scientist are building a machine that can open a portal to the other Earth and in doing so and crossing over, draw King Ghidorah across into our world which is without monsters. Godzilla manages to appear as he does, being the bane of other monsters and the battle begins. The other monster, The Smog Monster, Anguirus and many others come through also. The scientists and the technology they employ manage to slow the monsters advance but in a last ditch effort when the monsters come through the portal into our unmolested world, out populace travels through a nanite engineered cloud through the the Earth the monsters came from. Godzilla begins to battle them yet again and then we drop the ultimate deterrent in the form of Nuclear global bombing on the Earth we evacuated.
This was a fun read and more grim than a lot of Godzilla stories. I liked the twists and the writing was very good. Again, and I seem to say this a lot, the art is ok but not good. The art here is no Olivier Coipel, or Steve McNiven, but it tells the story. Overall a good book but there are better Godzilla tales out there. James Stokoe's version is amazing!
Danny
July 12, 2019
Not terribly ethical scientists create a portal to an alternate Earth where kaiju exist and have wreaked havoc on the world. The monsters are barely controlled in the alternate reality by a combination of high tech weaponry, and intervention by Godzilla. However, King Ghidorah slips through the gateway. Without any natural rivals, he's effectively and invasive species in this reality. He rampages through multiple cities, and the team desperately works to find a way to correct their mistake.
It's a unique and creative take on the Godzilla mythos. I didn't love the art, but it's okay. I wish the characters had been given a bit more depth. Some flaws, but generally enjoyable.
It's a unique and creative take on the Godzilla mythos. I didn't love the art, but it's okay. I wish the characters had been given a bit more depth. Some flaws, but generally enjoyable.
November 12, 2017
You wonder sometimes how they are going to keep it interesting with a character that generally just destroys things. You only have to look at the Transformer films to see how boring it can become very quickly. Thankfully, this take on the 'King of the Monsters' is fresh enough to keep my interest. This time they get around the 'where did these giant monsters come from?' issue with a portal to an alternate Earth. Great book. You get exactly what you would expect but with a nice enough variation to hold the reader.
April 15, 2019
Wow, okay. Where to start... First - those characters were so boring and I was glad for an ending so I don't have to look at more of their actions. Second - I would love this without dialogues, really. If I saw just the artwork (which is not a masterpiece, it's more bad than good but I've seen worse), it would be pretty good, all those fights and things happening and beautiful monsters. In the end, I won't rate it less than with 3 stars because I'm huge fan of this universe since I saw Honda's Godzilla and I enjoy everything in what Godzilla appears.
September 21, 2022
An interesting take on Godzilla lore as we get two worlds, one without monsters and one with monsters. And while we do not exactly learn other the Monster Earth reached the state it is in by the time the characters learn about it and visit their. Which I found kind of nice as it just gives a generalization and then just tell us to fill in the blanks. Since it is not super important to know exactly how everything started. The only real downside is like most Godzilla stories, the human characters are just boring and are really just their to kickstart the events.
December 29, 2024
A group of scientists construct a portal which takes them to a parallel Earth. They find the world is partially destroyed by Kaiju. As they try to flee back, King Ghidorah follows them through. Now their world is in trouble so they go back through the portal to seek help. The only suggestion is to bring back Godzilla! It was unclear if there were jumps in time, but they seem to construct quickly, and just so happen to be able to make a working mech suit for Ghidorah; so the story seems a bit rushed. The overall story is a decent idea but I rarely like parallel worlds since it's cliché/overdone. The art style is a bit basic in places and seems unfinished. I noticed that Ghidorah looks like he has sparse ridges in some panels, full triangular scales in others, then a criss-cross pattern in others. I’ve no idea what the “baby kaiju” refers to in the blurb; that doesn’t seem to happen.
October 26, 2016
I'm a big Godzilla fan but this did nothing for me. A straightforward story with nothing unexpected happening. Scientists open a gate to another dimension. They find that Earth inhabited by Godzilla and the monsters. When they come back they bring a monster back with them. Then the rest of the book is them failing at everything they try to get rid of the monster making things only worse. I didn't like the close-ups of Godzilla's face as he was made to look almost feline.
April 20, 2020
This is an alternate take on Godzilla that seems to divide a lot of readers it seems. In this version Godzilla lives on an already destroyed earth and gets set to our earth through a portal to destroy another monster. It’s a fun read and something a little different.
June 1, 2023
What a $hit book. C'mon, this is comparable to the $hitty Hellraiser movies that were made just to hold onto the copyright. It's full on amateur hour both in regards to writing and art. Just buy Rulers of the Earth volumes 1 and 2 and call it a day.
August 1, 2024
A+ concept
But the pacing is so fast it doesn't allow for any individual moment to breathe. It's downright jarring at some points because it is unclear how long it takes them to do tasks that, by all accounts, should've taken them months at least.
But the pacing is so fast it doesn't allow for any individual moment to breathe. It's downright jarring at some points because it is unclear how long it takes them to do tasks that, by all accounts, should've taken them months at least.
November 6, 2017
Interesting story about alternative earths and who's there or not. And what people will go thru to stop what they started good or bad. Artwork was enjoyable.
August 12, 2020
Fumetto globalmente insoddisfacente che manca della epicità che ci si aspetterebbe da un'opera con questo titolo.
January 2, 2021
Not all stories have to be amazing.
Not all of the stories involving one of your favorite monsters has to be mind-blowing.
This is a perfectly fine Godzilla story.
Not all of the stories involving one of your favorite monsters has to be mind-blowing.
This is a perfectly fine Godzilla story.
February 24, 2021
Parallel universe + Godzilla = awesomeness 🤩🤩🤩
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 3, 2023
AKA Godzilla in the Multiverse of Monsters.
January 4, 2024
Little little Mechagodzilla
November 7, 2024
Why don't we take humanity and push it somewhere else?
April 23, 2025
This one involves dimension hopping, which is an interesting idea, though I wish more had been explored beyond how it ends.
August 29, 2016
A scientist in our world creates a portal to another dimension—one where monsters rule supreme! An expedition goes into this universe, where hope has died and Godzilla is the unrivaled King of the Monsters. But what happens when a baby kaiju hitches a ride back to our original, monster-less dimension?
The exposition is quick and clunky. That’s why Godzilla is top dog; moving on. As you’ve guessed from the title, there’s only one way to get rid of the monster that came through the portal and is eating up East Coast cities. Nukes don’t work, so send out the quickly improvised tech! Plan after plan goes wrong, otherwise it would be a short story.
“I got a bad feeling about this.” That’s the one Han Solo quote you never want to hear.
At least I can say I wasn’t expecting that ending, which I felt was a cop-out. The artwork was fine, the story not so much.
2.5 pushed up to 3/5
The exposition is quick and clunky. That’s why Godzilla is top dog; moving on. As you’ve guessed from the title, there’s only one way to get rid of the monster that came through the portal and is eating up East Coast cities. Nukes don’t work, so send out the quickly improvised tech! Plan after plan goes wrong, otherwise it would be a short story.
“I got a bad feeling about this.” That’s the one Han Solo quote you never want to hear.
At least I can say I wasn’t expecting that ending, which I felt was a cop-out. The artwork was fine, the story not so much.
2.5 pushed up to 3/5
October 27, 2016
This has some of the weakest art I have ever seen in a Godzilla comic. It looked like there was no passion. The story was ok, and I did like the angle of interdenominational travel introducing monsters to our world. However the dialogue was pretty annoying, and its presentation overlapping views of the monster made it difficult to discern who was speaking. Eventually I gave up.
Worth reading if you are a hardcore Godzilla fan, if you aren't though give this one a pass.
Worth reading if you are a hardcore Godzilla fan, if you aren't though give this one a pass.
November 9, 2016
The hubris of companies and scientists are on full display in this tale. Scientists are pushed to open a dimensional portal, but rather than a new world, they landed in a world ravaged by monsters. One followed them back across the portal, and to control that monster, Godzilla was lured into their world. Then more monsters were sent across. In the end, what remained of humanity needed to flee. A bit bleak, but plenty of action for those rooting for the monsters.
August 7, 2016
Solid story, and smooth artwork go well together and that's what you get here.
Definitely worth a look if you're a Godzilla fan.
I received an advanced copy of this from NetGalley.com and the publisher
Definitely worth a look if you're a Godzilla fan.
I received an advanced copy of this from NetGalley.com and the publisher
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